Izzy’s ducklings will be five weeks old on Sunday.

I swear they grow bigger with every breath they take.

Their feetsies are getting ginormous and they’re already sprouting feathers.

We haven’t named any of them yet, but one still looks like Izzy Junior.

Izzy loves her babies.

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Izzy became a mother for the first time on Sunday.

She’s a very protective mom and is doing a great job with her five babies. One duckling in particular is a carbon copy of Izzy as a wee babe. Recognize the Izzy smile?

Izzy as a wee duckling:

Everyone hatched out just fine, but Don thought it best to give duckling #4 a bit of help since it was taking an extremely long time to break out:

Interestingly, Izzy was completely okay with the help.

Everyone is doing just fine now:

Eating and drinking and frolicking… even if never far from Izzy:

Meanwhile, Emmy is sitting on 13 eggs, which we expect to hatch next week. 

It’s a good thing we love little baby ducks.

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